TMTNO - Chapter 37





The surveillance of the three men is too serious.

I changed my plans because it seemed wrong to escape for the time being.

"Master, just look at this book. Now, let's start with chapter 2 today."

Rather than wasting time in a daze, I decided to learn from Shish.

Strangely, the author of this novel studied imperial history, but I guess there's nothing I can do about it.

“Diet, why are you here again today?”

“It’s vacation.”

The very next day after the three of them finished spending time together, Dietrich continued to wander around the tower.

Shish, who had remained on the tower because it was his term, seemed to be displeased with Dietrich's very presence, but the Knight Commander showed no intention of moving away.

“Why don’t you get out of here? I don’t want to see you?”

“This is neutral territory. It’s none of your business.”

Unlike Yuno, who, although the rooftop is his home, is completely hidden from view on days when other people are planning to spend time with him, Dietrich seems determined to be completely visible.

Shish, who was sitting next to me in the library and teaching me something, snickered at the sight of Dietrich, who was arrogant.

“Ah, Shish. Shish, just a moment.”

He put his hand on my shirt, and my breathing became increasingly ragged.

Dietrich, seeing this, paced back and forth, unable to touch me, unsure of what to do. Finally, perhaps determined to satisfy his own desires, despite it not being his day, he reached down to his pants.

“If you take it out here, I’ll blow it up, you little beast?”

When Shish noticed this and spoke while gritting his teeth, even the mighty Dietrich flinched. Then he took a sky-blue potion from his bosom and drank it.

It was a much-improved version of the original yellow medicine.

After a while, the front of his pants strangely sank.

“You! Why do you always do this when you have such good medicine!”

You kept me up at night!

Feeling betrayed, I jumped up and protested, but Dietrich blushed and turned his head to the side.

“The young beast was just trying to satisfy its own greed, you know.”

As Shish put his hand inside my skirt and said in a tone of voice that one plus one equals two, Dietrich's face turned as if it were about to explode.

After pushing away the hand that was running up my thigh, I asked Dietrich.

“What is Yuno doing?”

“I heard there was something to experiment with.”

'Making a drug to improve Dietrich's symptoms'?

Dietrich and Yuno were on good terms, but they were no different from Sissy in that they both tried to monopolize me.

It seemed as if Dietrich was trying to completely dissuade me from seeing him.

“Then go and help him.”

Don't start a war of nerves with Sish here, you're giving me a headache.

“Is it annoying?”

Blue eyes and Pacific Ocean-like shoulders slumped.

"Yes."

It wasn't me who answered.

“Get out of here, you idiot.”

Shish was smiling so cheerfully, which was even scarier. After all, today was Shish's day, so even though I felt sorry for him, I couldn't take Dietrich's side.

But it's a headache if I get caught between the two of you, so I should distance myself a bit.

Under the pretense of looking for a book, I hid between the stacked bookshelves. As far away as possible.

“Hmm, this. This.”

I picked a book that looked interesting.

“Damn Knight Commander, I knew you were worse than a dog, but you’re even worse than I imagined?”

Shish seemed really angry.

“Tell the knights that you're a dog in heat?”

“Huh, who would believe you?”

“Here, there’s a video bead recording your appearance.”

There was a moment of silence, and I cringed in fear.

Sure enough, I heard Dietrich's furious shout. He seemed to have drawn his sword.

“Shish Milan!”

“Stop right there.”

I pricked up my ears.

“You don’t think I would have brought this over without doing anything about it, do you?”

Bam, I can hear Dietrich's teeth grinding from here.

"If you're curious, kill me. If you're curious where and when this will go wrong."

“You son of a bitch!”

The sound of Dietrich's sword hitting the floor was heard, as if he couldn't control his anger.

Sorry, Dietrich.

Even if you die and wake up, you still can't defeat Shish.

In the end, Dietrich went.

Shish continued the class, and after about three hours, he was in trouble.

“There are so many things you don’t know, Master.”

Oops.

I can't let it get away with being full of loopholes. I can't let it get away with being useless!

But since this is the Magic Tower, you won't kill me carelessly, right?

“Why were you clinging to me like that?”

“...”

“Are you afraid I might do something to you, Master?”

huh.

But surprisingly, no warning sound is heard.

“Oh, I don’t trust you.”

Shish stretched out his red lips, but it looked like he was crying rather than smiling.

“There’s no way I would do anything bad to you, Master.”

"Why?"

“Why...”

The corners of Shish's mouth were slightly drooping, as if he had lost energy.

“I like you, Master, so how could I do something you don’t like?”

“Do you like me?”

“Yeah. I like you.”

"Why?"

I remember asking this same question before.

"I told you. It's cute how you roll your eyes when you're scared. And I like how you manage not to run away and look me in the eye."

“...”

“I also like it when you kick and thrash around like you don’t want to sleep with me, with a look of wanting to sleep with me like you’re crazy.”

...got caught?

"But why are you saying you won't sleep with me? Is it really true that you should only sleep with someone you're married to?"

“Oh, oh? Oh, oh! Right!”

I nodded hurriedly, and Shish chuckled.

It seems like I got caught making up things.

Shish reached out and grabbed a handful of my hair, then lightly kissed my lips.

“I feel peaceful when I’m with my master.”

The corners of Shish's eyes slowly relaxed.

“Isn’t it strange? Peace is boring and uninteresting... but I don’t hate it.”

“Isn’t that because I’m curious?”

After a moment of hesitation, he added.

"Because you're an Author. You're a rare presence in the world. Isn't that why everything is so fascinating?"

“At first, I thought maybe that was it.”

Shish readily agreed.

Tiyongtiyongtiyongtiyong.

Suddenly, an alarm sounded.

Why? Because Shish Milan did something he never did before.

When I asked him to tell me why he liked me without lying, Shish didn't lie.

But he didn't even reveal all the reasons honestly. I thought it was just the nature of the human being called Shish Milan.

But now, he's speaking honestly? And for whatever purpose, in front of someone he's trying to impress?

A behavior that is completely out of place for Shish, who is known for being completely hypocritical.

“Do you know what everyone who saw my wounds and heard about my past did?”

Yes.

“They felt sorry for me.”

The thing Shish hates the most is being pitied.

"The reaction they show next is even funnier. They pretend to understand and talk nonsense even though they've never experienced it themselves."

And pretending to know.

“After hearing that story, you may think that you have caught my weakness or that you have become close to me.”

“...”

“I was just saying this out of boredom, wondering how you would react to someone I could kill.”

Shish's large hand cupped my cheek.

Crimson eyes came closer.

“The expression on your face was something I’ve never seen before.”

The soft voice gradually subsided.

“You know, that was the first time a crack appeared in your face, the one that always looked at me like a doll?”

I was completely caught.

That I treat male protagonists like letters.

“At first it was a mistake.”

The crimson eyes darkened.

“I wanted to make you admit that I am alive.”

I wanted to avoid eye contact, but since my face was caught, all I could do was avoid eye contact.

“I hoped that even if I killed someone, the eyes you looked at me with would crack like a weapon.”

But I couldn't block my ears, and the things I didn't want to hear dug into my eardrums.

“Yes, Master. Were you all just pretending to be surprised, or were you really surprised?”

“I was really surprised. That’s right.”

Please believe me, it's true.

Perhaps my earnestness had reached him, as Shish nodded as if he understood.

“Huh, I can’t believe it, but I’ll believe you.”

...I am the one who is not trusted.

"Master, you already know this, but I don't think twice about the same thing. Because it's all over in one go."

Yes, then.

"But I thought about you every day. Every day, every hour, I can't even count how many times I replayed it."

Somehow, I will be acknowledged by you as a living being.

My heart sank at the addition.

“Isn’t it funny? I was living because life wasn’t fun, so I couldn’t die, so I just kept living...”

Tieeeeee! Tieeeeeeee! Tieeeeeeee!

The alarm blared furiously, and I pulled back, but Shish grabbed my arm first. He rolled his eyes and smiled.

“Why are you trying to run away?”

He wrapped one hand around my waist and held me there, preventing me from moving any further.

“Wh, what are you talking about?”

“Master, you have a natural talent for getting out of difficult situations.”

If there was something like that, wouldn't this situation have arisen a long time ago?

I wanted to tell you this, but unfortunately, I have a very small liver.

“Somehow, they make excuses, give reasons... and get away with it.”

Shish's smile grew deeper, and I rolled my eyes with all my might.

If you look at it from the front, it looks like a flounder's eye, right?

“Don’t run away. Look at me.”

Shish gently pressed my cheek, and I unconsciously looked forward.

The deep darkness covered the crimson eyes, and there was not a single speck of light in them.

Again.

Again, I struggle.

He said he was not a dead letter.


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